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Upcoming CCWRT Program
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
February 2023 Roundtable Meeting: Dick Crews Debate – "Who was the best political general of the Civil War?"
The meeting will take place on February 8, 2023 beginning at 6:00 p.m. This will be an in-person meeting. The meeting will feature the Roundtable's Dick Crews Debate. The topic is "Who was the best political general of the Civil War?"
According to available information, fewer than half of all the generals in the Union army during the Civil War were graduates of West Point. Because of a shortage of men to serve as generals, a number of men who lacked military training were given the rank of general. These generals are referred to as political generals, because they often received their rank due to political connections. Quite a few of these political generals, not surprisingly, proved to be inadequate – or worse. However, some of the political generals were effective and did well for the army in which they served.
The debaters and their choices for the debate are as follows.
Paul Burkholder: Benjamin Butler
Kent Fonner: John C. Breckinridge
Charles Patton: Edward Ferrero
Bob Pence: John A. Logan
Moderator: William Vodrey
Benjamin Butler
John C. Breckinridge
Edward Ferrero
John A. Logan
Debaters will each make his case to the assembled multitude attending the February 2023 meeting. The order of debaters will be chosen by random draw that night. Each debater will speak for five minutes, take questions from the membership for another five minutes, and then take part in a general discussion/rebuttal opportunity with the other debaters. The winner, chosen by majority vote of members and guests attending, will, of course, receive fabulous prizes.
The February 2023 meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Independence (6001 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio 44131). Reservations should be made by sending an email to the Roundtable's reservation email account (ccwrtreserve@gmail.com) or by phoning 440-449-9311. Reservations must be made no later than seven days before the meeting (i.e., no later than February 1, 2023). When making a reservation, please include your name and the number and names of any guests. Please also indicate if you want the non-vegetarian or vegetarian meal. If a reservation needs to be canceled, it must be canceled no later than February 7, 2023. Dinner will be provided to anyone who has a reservation. The cost of dinner is $35 per person. Other details can be found on the Reservations web page by clicking on this link.
Roundtable Member Dennis Keating's Presentation at the Westlake Porter Library
Dennis Keating
Roundtable member Dennis Keating gave a presentation on January 24, 2023 at the Westlake Porter Library. The title of Dennis' presentation was Cleveland and the Civil War. Dennis recently published a book that is also titled Cleveland and the Civil War. Dennis spoke to an overflow crowd of at least 100. It was considered by all a wonderful evening as Dennis shared stories about three future U.S. presidents who were from our area and also shared stories about the men from Cleveland who went to war and the women who supported them.
Bob Pence, current Roundtable vice president, gave a plug for the Cleveland Civil War Roundtable at Dennis' lead. Bob spread the word about our organization when Dennis asked Bob to say a few words about the Roundtable.
The large crowd enjoying Dennis Keating's presentation at the Westlake Porter Library
Congratulations, Dennis, on a very enjoyable, informative, and successful presentation.
Click on the book link above to purchase Dennis' book from Amazon. Part of the proceeds from any book purchased from Amazon through the CCWRT website is returned to the CCWRT to support its education and preservation programs.
January 2023 Charger Uploaded
The January 2023 issue of The Charger has been uploaded. It can be accessed by clicking on this link.
Latest History Brief (January 2023) Now Posted
Roundtable historian Dan Ursu's January 2023 history brief has been posted. Dan's latest history brief is President Lincoln on Emancipation Proclamation Day, January 1, 1863. The January history brief recounts Abraham Lincoln's activities on the day that Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Dan's history brief can be accessed by clicking on this link.
2023 Roundtable Field Trip: Warning Order (i.e., Save the Date)
Roundtable vice president Bob Pence has put together a superb itinerary for the 2023 field trip. The dates for the field trip are Thursday, September 21, 2023 to Sunday, September 24, 2023. The field trip will be to Manassas, Virginia to tour the battlefields of the First and Second Battles of Manassas (Bull Run). In addition to the battlefields of First and Second Manassas, other places that will be visited are the Manassas Visitor Center Museum, Liberia House (headquarters for General P.G.T. Beauregard), Mayfield Fort (a Confederate fortification that protected Manassas Junction from Union attack), and Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park. A block of rooms with a group rate has been reserved at the Holiday Inn and Suites about a mile from the Manassas Battlefield Visitor Center. As with past field trips, Thursday and Sunday will be travel days to and from the field trip location, and Friday and Saturday will be used to tour the battlefields and related sites. Detailed information and a complete itinerary, including information about making a hotel reservation, can be found by clicking on this link. Anyone who is interested in the 2023 field trip should send an email to the Roundtable at clecwrt@gmail.com with your name, email address, and phone number so that you can receive updates about the trip. The Roundtable thanks Bob for organizing a great field trip for 2023.
2022-2023 Program Schedule Posted
Roundtable president Lily Korte has put together a superb program for the 2022-2023 season. Lily's program includes a meeting on October 12, 2022 at the Western Reserve Historical society, where those who attend the meeting will be able to examine Civil War artifacts. The complete program for the 2022-2023 meetings can be accessed by clicking on this link.
Membership Roster and Contact Information
We have worked very hard to improve our membership database and contact information this year, but we know we probably have more work to do. Please be sure to keep us advised of changes in contact information by sending us the information at clecwrt@gmail.com. We monitor that email account on a regular basis, so this would be a big help in making sure we can keep you informed of group activities. If you want to see what has been posted on our Facebook page or Twitter account, you do not have to become a member of the Roundtable. Everyone is welcome to view our Facebook page and Twitter account. These can also be accessed by googling "Cleveland Civil War Roundtable" and either "Facebook" or "Twitter" and clicking on the appropriate link in the search results.
YES! The Cleveland Civil War Roundtable has a YouTube channel! Some of our meetings were recorded, and videos of the recorded meetings can be viewed on our YouTube channel. You can simply Google Cleveland Civil War Roundtable YouTube and get to our "channel." You can also use the following link:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCKZSgSSm7w__X8dByhgk6iQ
Cleveland Civil War Roundtable Monthly Meetings
Meeting Time: Monthly meetings of the Cleveland Civil War Roundtable are typically held on the second Wednesday of the month from September through May. Meetings ordinarily begin with a social hour at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the program at 7:30 p.m. Meetings usually end by around 9:00 p.m. The September 2021 meeting was held in person, and barring any future pandemic-related restrictions, we anticipate that the remaining meetings during the 2021-2022 season will also be held in person.
Meeting Location: In-person meetings are held at the Holiday Inn Independence, 6001 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio 44131.
Reservations: For in-person meetings, you must make a dinner reservation for any meeting you plan to attend no later than the Friday prior to that meeting (so we can give a head count to the caterer). Make your reservation by sending an email to: ccwrtreserve@gmail.com
2022-2023 Cleveland Civil War Roundtable Program


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By sajjeling on December 8, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )
How does one begin to speak about the legacy of Edward Wadie Said? A teacher, professor of comparative literature, secular critic, literary essayist, voice of Palestine on my radio and in my newspaper during the 1990s, public intellectual who spoke truth to power, erudite writer and author with a boundless passion for knowledge who transgressed disciplinary politics and institutional etiquette. A scholar whose love and inquiry of literature, art and history gave us groundbreaking theoretical frameworks that have changed the course of curricula, culture and thinking, giving rise to new domains, disciplines, politics and movements.
Indeed, where to begin?
As a conscious 'Saidian', I begin naturally with questions from the man himself. Taken from one of the first of his published texts, Beginnings: Intention and Method, Said asks:
"What is a beginning? What must one do in order to begin? What is special about beginning as an activity or a moment or a place? Can one begin whenever one pleases? What kind of attitude, or frame of mind is necessary for beginning?"
What is special about beginning this activity, at this moment, in this place, is that we gather as a 'community of the spirit' – to borrow an inspired line from the poet Rumi – on the 10th anniversary of Edward Said's passing to honour his existential presence; his being in this world.
The attitude or frame of mind I consciously bring to this task is one of love and a deep sense of feeling blessed that Edward Said lived his life in our time. A life of great importance, his intellectual eclecticism, his political activism and advocacy, his contribution to the world of ideas, his softly spoken words, the library of books he has.gif"text-align:justify;">Said's thinking, essays, elaborations and commentaries, his public interventions and political engagement as an academic and intellectual who actually took a position, his dogged pursuit of justice in the name of Palestine threatened dominant paradigms. Taken together, Said's corpus of work threatened the old guard as much as it continues to threaten the new guard. In effect, his textual presence threatened the hegemony of the master narrative and Anglo-Saxon canonical authority. In short, Said's textual work eloquently undermines the very idea that there is one obvious truth. He, and many others who have been part of this embodied movement, which is referred to mostly as Postcolonial/Cultural Studies, has laid bare, in part, obscene power in all its manifestations of colonialism, imperialism, militarism, Zionism and racism.
For me, personally, Said's legacy is embodied as lived practice in the realm of community cultural work. This space is important to so many of us; the emancipatory work that happens in the little spaces with community that aims for social change, political change, institutional change, cultural change.
Professor Said has especially made me mindful of the question of representation; self-representation and the persistent critique of representing others. As an engaged community cultural worker for the past two and a half decades, Said's work on and off the page has influenced my own cultural and political engagement; his approach has informed how I work critically in a reception environment that is at once hostile to subjects who dare to speak for themselves in their own language and on their own terms; be they refugee, Palestinian, Indigenous, post-colonial or feminist narratives. In Said's schema, an insistence on speaking for self and the responsibility to clear space 'for those voices dominated, displaced or silenced by the textuality of texts… silenced by the systems of forces institutionalized by the reigning culture is of paramount concern.
Said's masterwork, Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient, published 35 years ago, inaugurated an exciting era of talking back to empire with self-affirming language, intellectual attitude, or in Said's case – arabitude – and rigorous attention to a critical praxis that is conscious of power, agency and voice, tools fundamental to dismantling, disrupting, decentering systems, dogma and the hard rhetoric of the master narrative. The publication of 'Orientalism' and its journey across disciplines caused cultural and political ruptures, an unravelling of Western certainties about itself, its identity, and the so-called other. Indeed, as a mode of analysis and a methodology, the text continues to have sustained force and narrative amplitude across sectors, constituencies and disciplines despite the critiques, attacks and counter-narratives.
Whilst neo-conservative throwbacks insist on and revisit the primacy of white western foundational mythologies of terra nullius or the Israeli version of 'a land without people for a people without land' to authorise and legitimise dispossession via racist policies that exert economic political and linguistic power over the fate of the least powerful – and in the process affirming their own supremacy – Said's critique of colonial will to power effectively unpacked how various modes of Orientalist knowledge have become productive sites of meaning, exposing the strategies, processes and devices that continue to have currency across cultural forms. His critical scrutiny of US foreign policy and the havoc it wreaks on the Arab world was most often the subject of his writings for The Nation, The Guardian, the London Review of Books, Le Monde Diplomatique, Counterpunch, Al Ahram, and al-Hayat.
Although the experiences of those whose dispossession continues into the present is painfully felt and fought in real terms and real time, our localised battles with the cultural gatekeepers whose colonial practices of totalising and essentialising the other in new Orientalist formations is at once a priority: be they powerhouse museums, screen culture or art galleries. Most recently, the City of Sydney's Art + About program monologically reduced an entire history of colonial dispossession by hosting an Israeli military photographer as visiting artist. Hoisted on the poles of downtown Sydney, banal banners with text denote the cities of the world. All very well until you hit the pole that states in bold font, 'Jerusalem Israel'. And so, as the silky banner wafts in the idle wind, the erasure of Palestinian dispossession – the material theft of land and property, gardens, graves, chairs, tables and household goods – is made invisible. As is the expropriation of East Jerusalem homes and properties owned by Palestinians in the here and now, with scenes of violent evictions of Palestinian residents and the enacting of racist policies by the Israeli state not to be discussed in the polite environs of the Artist Talk.
Some still wonder in their somewhat disembodied little world if art is separate from politics. Can you imagine a Palestinian artist hoisting her banner, 'Jerusalem/al-Quds, Palestine' up a Sydney pole so effortlessly?
In reflecting on Said's legacy as an embodied practice, the persistence of Orientalist ideology and hyper-activity has thus produced a particular type of critical subjectivity in diasporic communities. As a cultural producer in community-based settings, I am especially conscious of an ethics of representation even while self-othering and self-orientalising constitutes a 'normalised' practice in everyday multicultural contexts; nothing if not complicit in and with colonial representational demands that maintain the asymmetries of power.
In revisiting the terrain of representation in Culture and Imperialism in 1993, Said's words are glumly indicative of the endurance of Orientalist logic today:
"All roads lead to the bazaar; Arabs only understand force; brutality and violence are part of Arab civilisation; Islam is an intolerant, segregationist, 'medieval, fanatic, cruel, anti-woman religion. The context, framework, setting of any discussion [is] limited, indeed frozen, by these ideas"
Finally, a word on Palestine from one of Said's many inquiries and meditations on Palestine and Palestinian identity. From The Last Sky: Palestinian Lives, Said writes:
"We are a people of messages and signals, of allusions and indirect expression. We seek each other out, but because our interior is always to some extent occupied and interrupted by others – Israelis and Arabs – we have developed a technique of speaking through the given, expressing things obliquely and, to my mind, so mysteriously as to puzzle even ourselves."
And in Reflections on Exile, Said writes:
"The exiled knows that in a secular and contingent world, homes are always provisional. Borders and barriers which enclose us within the safety of familiar territory can also become prisons and are often defended beyond reason or necessity. Exiles cross borders, break barriers of thought and experience."
I often wonder what Professor Said would make of events of the recent past – of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria. Perhaps, a clue can be found in his 1993 Reith Lectures, Representations of the Intellectual, where he describes how "the intellectual must remain a dissenter, never putting solidarity before criticism, and must speak from the margins for both the people and the issues which are routinely forgotten or ignored".
So many volumes of words devoted and dedicated to the life, writings and activisms of Edward W. Said have been published since his death. As Jean-Luc Nancy affirms, "Community is revealed in the death of others; hence it is always revealed to others". Whether they are the words of thinkers and writers like Joseph Massad, Jacqueline Rose, Ilan Pappe, Ella Shohat, Adel Iskandar, Judith Butler, Ahdaf Soueif, Hamid Dabashi, Cornel West or people like us, what we share is love and respect for an individual whose life work has irrevocably changed the way we think, see and speak; how we are in the world.
Said's legacy binds us as a 'community of the spirit'; a community of dissenters, a community insisting on the universality and indivisibility of human rights, a community committed to speaking truth to power, to challenging and disrupting symbolic and real systems of oppression in creative, radical ways.
We walk the Saidian path towards change with a footnote from us all:
Thank you, dear Edward Wadie Said.
Shukran, for your presence in this world; for your love of knowledge, for your generosity in sharing that knowledge, for your elegant writing, for all the books under my bed, for your relentless pursuit of justice for Palestine and Palestinian rights, and for giving us the intellectual hardware and clarity of purpose to begin.
Allah yerhamo.
References: Nancy, JL., 'The Inoperative Community', University of Minnesota Press: Minneapolis (1991); 15.Said, E.W., 'Beginnings: Intention and Method', John Hopkins University Press: Baltimore 1975).Said, E.W., 'Culture and Imperialism', Vintage: New York (1993).Said, E.W., 'Orientalism', Routledge & Kegan Paul: London (1978).Said, E.W., 'Reflections on Exile and other Essays', Between Worlds, Harvard University Press: Cambridge (2002).Said, E.W., 'Representations of the intellectual: The 1993 Reith Lectures', Pantheon: New York (1994). Said, E.W., 'The Last Sky: Palestinian Lives', Colombia University Press (1999).
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An update on the ecological distribution of the Ixodidae ticks in Zimbabwe
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Sungirai, M.; Madder, M.; Moyo, D. Z.; De Clercq, P.; Abatih, E. N.
Experimental and Applied Acarology
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In total 7657 ticks were collected from 121 dip tanks in 12 districts representative of Zimbabwe's five ecological regions between September 2013 and May 2014. Based on morphological traits four genera and 13 species of ticks were identified. Amblyomma hebraeum (60.3 %), Rhipicephalus microplus (58.7 %), Rhipicephalus decoloratus (47.1 %), Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (56.2 %), Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi (67.8 %), Rhipicephalus (near) punctatus (13.2 %), Hyalomma truncatum (38 %) and Hyalomma rufipes (46.3 %) were found in all the ecological regions of the country. Amblyomma variegatum and Rhipicephalus compositus (0.8 %) were only found in the north central part of the country while Rhipicephalus simus (5 %) had a sparse distribution. The Haemaphysalis leachi group (1.7 %) and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (1.7 %) were found whenever dogs were sampled suggesting these could be widespread throughout the country. The study confirmed the continued limited distribution of A. variegatum (3.3 %) in the north central parts of the country, whereas A. hebraeum was found to have a wide distribution also encroaching areas of high rainfall and lower temperatures where it was not previously recorded. A parapatric relationship existed between these two Amblyomma species. Rhipicephalus appendiculatus was also widely distributed although its presence was dominant in the cooler and wetter parts of the country. The traditionally held view that Hyalomma species and R. evertsi evertsi can survive well under diverse conditions is upheld in this study. Rhipicephalus microplus was also present in dry regions but its adaptability to these regions requires further investigation
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Our new pop up shop in beautiful Hay on We is now open. You can visit us Tuesday to Sunday at Hay Castle - if you get to the top of the hill you can't miss us, we're opposite the honesty bookshop. It's a bit of a toe in the water - and who knows where it will lead? - but do come and say hello if you want to see what we're up to!
Starting to get excited now. This time tomorrow we'll be in the air, winging our way towards Mexico City. We've made some great progress over the past couple of weeks, chatting to some of the very helpful people at UKTI Mexico and also doing some research and development here in Hay. We have a few leads to follow up in Oaxaca and Cuernavaca and we're hopeful we might stumble across some more great producers on our travels.
We'll be driving through some of the most amazing scenery in Mexico, visiting the ruins at Monte Alban, the hip sophistication of Oaxaca, and the cosmopolitan allure of downtown Cuernavaca. And we get to see Franz Ferdinand, the Vaccines and New Order!
We should be able to keep the blog updated on our travels, so look out for some photos and more news soon.
So here we go again. In two weeks time we'll be getting ready to check in online for our flights to Mexico City. We want to meet new producers who can help us expand our range of fairly traded goods from Mexico and Central America. We already have some great leads, but I think once we're on the ground we'll be able to track a few more down.
Currently our itinerary will take us from Mexico City to Xalapa, home of the Mexican leg of the Hay Festival. From there we'll drive down to Oaxaca for some mole sauce and sunshine. Then it's back to Mexico City before a week in Cuernavaca, the "city of eternal spring." We'll have our eye peeled for anything unusual with a great story about how trade is improving the lives of the artisans we meet.


2015 toyota sequoia sr5: The 2015 Toyota Sequoia is sturdy, old-school SUV at its heart-- specifically, one that supplies superb family functionality as well as hauling abilities. The Sequoia appears to enjoy its machismo while a number of its key rivals have been smoothed out a little bit in their style in recent years. Those rivals consist of full-size SUVs from GM and also Ford, as well as Toyota's very own Highlander, each which seem to have a little much more flexibility inside while similar in dimension outside.
In the past, you can choose from two different V-8 engines for the Sequoia, yet Toyota just recently terminated the smaller-displacement (4.6-liter) selection. It's truly right, as the majority of Sequoia consumers are towing-minded (tow scores vary up to 7,400 extra pounds). With 381 horsepower and 401 pound-feet of torque, the remaining V-8 is a giant. Yet missing from the Sequoia's factory alternatives list is any type of serious off-road hardware, or a committed off-road version, though 4WD is extensively offered through the model line. Everything makes good sense when you see the much costlier Toyota Land Cruiser throughout the whole lot.
But while the Sequoia may share foundations with the Tundra pickup, it rides and handles rather better. A four-wheel independent suspension aids maintain the Sequoia stable via edges essentially, although rough spots-- whether sidewalk spots or gravel-road washboards-- could distress its calmness. Ride quality is good for a body-on-frame truck, thanks to the independent back suspension-- with the trip also a step much more made up with the energetic variable air suspension (AVS) system in the Platinum model. Road and also wind sound feel fairly well sealed-away, also.
Making use of the the Tundra pick-up's tough design, pulling process, and also macho look for an energy car gives the Sequoia a testosterone-tinged look that can appear cartoonishly musclebound to some. If nothing else, it beats the confidential styling of a lot of minivans-- and no crossover could ever want to match its high as well as truck-based front end.
The cabin visits of the Sequoia, naturally, feel like those of a premium full-size pick-up ahead, with two even more rows of roomy wagon implanted on behind. That implies an instrument panel that's practical without looking also plain. For seatsing, you could specify dual captain's chairs to change a second-row bench, though it reduces the capacity to 7. Both the second- as well as third-row seatbacks can be folded onward to a level freight flooring, with the 2nd row split in 3 parts (40/20/40) and also the 3rd row in 2 (60/40). Storage area is sufficient once the third-row seats are folded up in position, which is made easy thanks to a power-folding alternative.
From base as well as SR5 models, to the mid-level Restricted trim, and approximately the luxury-packed Platinum, the Sequoia extends greater than $20k, ranging from the mid-$ 40,000 array approximately the mid-$ 60,000 array. That's prior to including any one of the various official dealer-installed devices. At the top of the schedule is the Sequoia Platinum, which adds Dynamic Laser Cruiser Control, a DVD touch-screen navigation system, and a brand-new Blu-Ray rear entertainment system with a 9-inch LCD display and also two sets of cordless earphones. A 12-way flexible power motorist's seat, heated second-row seats, as well as the load-leveling air suspension with 3 driver-selectable modes are additionally all included.
Standard on the Platinum grade as well as offered on SR5 as well as Minimal is a new Entune multimedia system that supplies access to applications for Bing search, Pandora, as well as others, offering access to enjoyment or info through your mobile phone's data link.
Between its base version and also the best-equipped one, the 2015 Sequoia can add as long as $20,000 in options to the cost.
Also the base SR5 comes well equipped, which has automated tri-zone air conditioning, an eight-speaker stereo, a towing plan, an eight-way power driver's seat, as well as a leather-trimmed steering wheel with sound as well as environment controls.
On the Limited you get a tools established that competitors many high-end vehicles, with parking sensors, a power back liftgate, a power folding third-row seat, and also 20-inch alloy wheels, all consisted of, in addition to JBL Synthesis noise and Bluetooth audio streaming. And also the rearview mirror has a built-in backup monitor (without needing to include the navigation system); a map light, auto-dimming attribute, and compass are built into it, as well.
At the top of the lineup is the Sequoia Platinum, which adds Dynamic Laser Cruiser Control, a DVD touch-screen navigation system, and also a brand-new Blu-Ray rear home entertainment system with a 9-inch LCD display and 2 collections of wireless headphones. A 12-way adjustable power vehicle driver's seat, warmed second-row seats, and also the load-leveling air suspension with 3 driver-selectable modes are likewise all consisted of.
Requirement on the Platinum grade as well as offered on SR5 as well as Restricted is an Entune-equipped multimedia system that provides access to apps for Bing search, Pandora, and others, giving access to home entertainment or information via your smartphone's data link.
Even at the top of the array there are numerous supplier- or port-installed upgrades-- including instances like remote engine beginning, upgraded TRD brakes, as well as a front skid plate. We would certainly note the Sequoia is missing most various other off-road upgrades (want to the Land Cruiser to see why).


Ethan Frome is a rather sad and depressing tale set in the small and fictional New England town of Starkfield. The novella beings with the narrator's first introduction to Ethan Frome, a lonely and reserved old man in town. After Ethan chauffeurs the narrator to and from various engagements, the author learns about Ethan's history, and more prominently, his doomed love story.
This book is by leaps and bounds different from Age of Innocence. Its much shorter for one thing, (181 pages!), and the story isn't bogged down with elaborate descriptions of social mores, norms and etiquette. This story felt much more raw and truthful.
That doesn't mean that Wharton did not impress with her use of language and description. She was able to shed a favorable light on one of the most disliked characters, Ethan's wife Zenobia. Even Ethan, the purported protagonist came across as idle and impotent in his actions to save the fate of his wife's cousin and house-help Mattie.Each character was flawed in their own unique way. The ending sort of threw me for a loop. I didn't see it coming, and it was rather depressing in how it all played out for Zenobia, Ethan and Mattie.
I think if I had read this first, I might have been more open to Age of Innocence. Finishing Ethan Frome left me wanting more. More cultural analysis, more historical context of an era long-gone, and more of Wharton's story-telling.
This is the reader's first introduction to Ignatius J. Reilly. An obese, flatulent, gluttonous 30 year old, still living with his mother, unable to make any kind of life for himself. I think for the first few chapters, I kept flipping to look at the cover of the book to see the visual image of Ignatius J. Reilly every time he opened his mouth in the book. As my friend already summarized, this book is a satire, and it is a gritty look at the French Quarter of New Orleans in the 1960's. Toole manages to discuss racism, political and social strife through the comedic actions of Ignatius. There is social and racial commentary via Burma Jones, an African American man, working below minimum wage, on fear that he'll be arrested for being a "vagran" and just for being a black man. There is social commentary in the form of the wealthy Levy's with their dysfunctional world-view and, as well as Lana Lee, the owner of an infamous bar/stripclub.
The plot: After an attempted arrest, Ignatius and his mother escape and hide in a very horrid bar/stripclub. As they leave, Ignatius' mother is rather drunk, gets behind the wheel and backs the car up into a building. Subsequently, the Reilly's are sued for $1,020.oo in damages. In order to pay off this debt, Ignatius takes a couple of jobs. First he works as a clerical assistant for the floundering Levy Pants, and then as a more hilarious hot-dog vendor. No matter what he does, Ignatius leaves a trail of wreckage, and confusion behind him. When not working, and also while working, Ignatius is constantly writing on his Big Chief tablets about his insights in the moral downfall of modern civilization. The characters are just incredible and so animated and colorful. All the characters end up coming together in the end, there are no loose strings.
Although this book was written in the 1960's, Toole wrote this book while living in Puerto Rico for two years. Sadly, this book was not published during his lifetime. Hounded by depression, Toole committed suicide in 1969 after Simon and Schuster rejected his book, claiming it was a book about nothing.
After his death, his mother went to Walker Percy insisting that he read the manuscript. Percy instantly fell in love with the work, and even provides the forward for the publication. A Confederacy of Dunces has won the Pulitzer Price and has been translated into 18 languages. Toole's other work, Neon Bible, was written when he was 16, and was also posthumously published in 1989.
I really hope that anyone who has the book on their to-be-read list can find a way to nudge it up a couple of slots. The characters are endearing, you keep thinking, what is going to happen next? Oh no! why is he saying those things? Since Ignatius is a pedantic, it would be helpful to keep a dictionary nearby to look up some of his polysyllabic vocabulary that shoots out of his mouth with a playful and natural ease.


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Evan Thompson, Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind, Harvard University Press, 2007, 543pp., $45.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780674025110.
In Mind in Life Evan Thompson aims to assemble a framework for cognitive science that will begin to harmonize biology and phenomenology so as to help close the notorious "explanatory gap" between consciousness and nature. Thompson does not claim to close this gap completely, but to "enrich the philosophical and scientific resources we have for addressing" it (p. x). It may not yet be easy to tell how much headway has been made on the problem of the gap. But we should acknowledge what Thompson has clearly achieved: a remarkable and complex synthesis, in which phenomenology as he understands it is joined with what he calls "embodied dynamicism" in a manner that helps define an important emerging vision of the place of consciousness in nature.
The sources on which Thompson draws are primarily: certain aspects of Husserl's and Merleau-Ponty's philosophies; ideas in theoretical biology on self-organization; and dynamic systems theory as applied to the brain. This superficially disparate collection is unified in a way that can provide a valuable introduction for the uninitiated, and the possibilities Thompson opens up will undoubtedly be welcomed by many who are dissatisfied with current orthodoxies in cognitive science.
Thompson labels his general view of cognition "the enactive approach." As developed here it extends and revises the position he originally proposed, together with Eleanor Rosch and Francisco Varela, in The Embodied Mind (MIT, 1991). At its core lies a commitment to "embodied dynamicism," a relatively recent perspective in cognitive science that he contrasts with both connectionism and earlier cognitivist theories. The "cognitive revolution" has (since its ascendancy in the 1960s and 70s) freed psychology from behaviorism, by interposing mental processes between stimulus and response. But, Thompson says, in treating these processes as computations implemented in a "skull-bound" symbol system, cognitivism sustains the behaviorist repudiation of consciousness, since it places the mind's work in "subpersonal routines" inaccessible to the personal level of consciousness. The connectionist views that achieved prominence in the 1980s did, as Thompson sees it, offer in some respects a significantly new approach, since the "distributed subsymbolic representations" that emerge from the activity of connectionist networks do not count as "symbols in the traditional computational sense" (p. 9). And this is progress, he thinks, insofar as it paves the way for a "more dynamic conception of the relation between cognitive processes and the environment" and promises to bring the theoretical image of mental processes closer to neural reality. However, Thompson finds connectionism disappointing as well, since it retains the dubious cognitivist tendency to project onto the brain computational tasks that truly exist only in the eye of an outside observer, and it persists in estranging mind from subjectivity, while failing to situate mind in the world via sensorimotor activity.
Thus an alternative is needed: the enactive approach. According to its "embodied dynamicism," the brain is a self-organizing system tracing "trajectories" in a "space" of states, in response to "perturbations" from the outside -- trajectories characterized by a set of differential equations. (This is the dynamicism.) And what makes brains the self-organizing systems they are is their linkage of organisms' sensory surfaces with effectors so as to produce and maintain a "sensorimotor agent." (This is where the "embodied" part comes in.) Thompson argues that this view, unlike its competitors, can see natural cognition in terms of the "meanings that stimuli have for the animal" situated in its environment, rather than in terms of the meanings imposed by an observer, since meaning for the organism emerges from its dynamically self-organizing sensorimotor activity (p. 53). And by elaborating a biologically based conception of cognition that gives a natural place to the significance things have for an organism, the enactivist hopes to join biology to subjectivity and phenomenology, where other theories have left a yawning explanatory gap.
Thompson is not satisfied with this now more or less standard way of thinking about the alleged gap. But he does recognize there are deeply challenging questions about why things should be experienced by us in this or that way -- or any way at all -- when our brains are active. And he does not want to deny that philosophy should play a significant role in understanding and addressing this challenge. On the contrary, he thinks we need philosophy to help us reconceive both "sides" of the gap in a way that will facilitate progress. On the "physical side," we need to enrich our conception of biology with the notions of "self-organization" or "autopoiesis," understood in terms of dynamic systems theory (utilizing ideas pioneered by Maturana, Varela, Freeman, and others). And we need to reconceive the "consciousness side," by means of phenomenology (building on Husserl and Merleau-Ponty). Crudely put, the promise is this: if we think of the brain as a self-organizing, embodied dynamic system, and if we develop -- through phenomenology -- conceptions of sense experience and motor activity, of imagery, of the temporality of experience, of emotion, and of empathy, then we will be able to find an explanatorily satisfying harmony in our conceptions of both sides of the gap -- that is, in our conceptions both of the ways in which things appear to us and of the ways in which our brains are active -- and thereby glimpse the day when the gap will disappear.
In getting a bit fuller idea of Thompson's quest for this gap-closing harmony, it is possible here to consider only a small portion of the wide-ranging issues that arise in its course. But clearly his notion of an "autopoietic system" plays a particularly crucial role -- and so is perhaps a good place to start. Roughly, a system is autopoietic or self-organizing just in case it has a "semipermeable boundary" within which reactions take place that produce the boundary and that "regenerate the components of the system," partly due to the existence of the boundary (p. 101). In virtue of possessing this sort of self-maintenance, bacteria and amoebas count as living things, whereas crystals and viruses do not. Thompson goes on to conclude that if a living system's self-organization includes enough "adaptivity" and "flexibility" in response to change in its environment, that will be enough to give it more than merely "minimal autopoiesis": it will also manifest norm-guided behavior, hence cognition, in a broad sense (p. 149). Since, when an organism is self-organizing in this normatively assessable way, things have significance or valence for it, this is supposed to prepare us to grasp how biological activity involves a kind of "inwardness" or "interiority" that is at least a "precursor" to the "interiority of consciousness." Thus on Thompson's view the challenge of explaining consciousness physically or naturalistically needs to be viewed as the challenge of how to explain it biologically. And that challenge is to be met by specifying what particular kind of normatively assessable self-organization "constitutes a phenomenal world."
Thompson recognizes that some (like David Chalmers) are likely to object to this gap-closing strategy, on the grounds that any attempt to say what special form of self-organization constitutes consciousness will run up against a "zombie" problem. The problem would be this. Consider whichever specific kind of autopoiesis allegedly constitutes (and is no mere precursor of ) consciousness itself. That form of self-organization is perhaps actually found in (and only in) conscious beings. But given the conception we have of our own consciousness "from the inside," then, provided we don't just stipulatively inject our first-person notions of experience or appearance into our account of the relevant form of self-organization, that self-organization will appear to us at least conceivably present in beings ("zombies") lacking any consciousness at all. So there will still be some logical or conceptual gap between something's having whatever more specific form of self-organization you would like to use to explain consciousness, and its having genuine consciousness. And if that's so, then we will still be left wondering what entitles us to say that some such form of self-organization is not just contingently nomically related to consciousness, but (as Thompson wishes to say) that it constitutes consciousness.
Thompson responds here by doubting whether, when we really think it through, zombies in the relevant sense are conceivable. Thus we have a "phenomenological critique of zombies" (pp. 230-34). And here we can see one way in which Thompson's Husserlian phenomenology is supposed to help with the overall project. (Incidentally, to understand how Thompson makes Husserl a friend of embodied dynamicism, it is helpful to bear in mind that he recants the former cognitivist, Dreyfus-inspired interpretation of Husserl endorsed in The Embodied Mind, and he now (like Dan Zahavi) reads Husserl as much closer to Merleau-Ponty.) The "critique" then, goes as follows: Thompson suggests that if we consider the "phenomenology of bodily experience" and its relation to perceptual continuity from a Husserlian perspective, we will say that the "continuity of the object through a changing manifold of appearances" constitutively depends on a "linkage" with the experience of one's own bodily posture and movement. Thus a form of bodily self-experience is a "constitutive condition of ordinary perception" (p. 232). But if we accept that, then (Thompson argues) we can ultimately make no sense of the idea of a completely unconscious being (a "zombie") "whose (functionally defined) perceptual abilities are exactly those of its (physically identical) conscious counterpart" (p. 233). No putative "zombie" could conceivably be just like us in perceptual abilities, without having kinesthetic experience. But a zombie with bodily self-experience is no zombie at all.
Thompson suggests an ingenious strategy here, but one may register a doubt. Suppose we grant Thompson his Husserlian premises. That is, we accept that conscious beings such as ourselves and (presumably) numerous other animals have perceptual abilities -- specifically, capacities to experience spatial constancies through a flux in appearances -- that cannot be separated from forms of bodily self-experience. But does this render the notion of zombies incoherent? That's not clear. Even granting the Husserlian view of perception, we may still think we have objective conceptions of space and motion that permit us to conceive of beings that move about in their surroundings, in response to physical stimulation, as we conscious beings do, though neither their surroundings nor their own bodies sensorily appear to them (e.g., look or feel to them) any way at all -- thus they have no "phenomenal world." And it is the apparent conceivability of this which underlies the zombie-haunted conception of the gap that Thompson wants to dispel. It would seem that, to complete his case, Thompson would need to argue that relevant capacities for constancy-constituting movement, whose exercise we experience, cannot even be conceptualized (and thus imputed to our putative zombie counterparts) in complete abstraction from our experience of them -- that is, these specific capacities for movement cannot be understood by us except insofar as their manifestation is "lived."
However this may be, having left behind the specter of zombies, and with his enlarged notion of autopoiesis in hand, Thompson finds the conception of the explanatory gap transformed in a crucial way. For now: "the guiding issue is to understand the emergence of living subjectivity from living being, where living being is understood as already possessed of an interiority that escapes the objectivist picture of nature" (p. 236). We can get an idea of how Thompson thinks we need to proceed at this juncture if we look at his (Chapter 9) discussion of the work of Alva Noë and others that purports to bridge explanatory gaps. Thompson argues that these theorists' efforts still fall short by failing to include an understanding of the kind of autonomous selfhood that characterizes certain sensorimotor systems (as distinct from, say, guided missiles), and that they still need to account for "subjectivity in the sense of prereflective bodily self-awareness," which Thompson says involves a kind of "non-object-directed" self-awareness in which one's feelings are experienced "as mine." However, Thompson concedes that more needs to be done to clarify the relevant notion of bodily self-consciousness and its relation to the "dynamic sensorimotor approach" to finish the job of accounting for consciousness.
Further indication of how Thompson envisages gap-closing explanation coming from a combination of phenomenology and dynamic systems theories can be found in his extended (Chapter 11) discussion of Varela's "neurophenomenological" account of the temporality of experience, considered in terms of a Husserlian "retention/protention structure." On this (not readily summarized) view, the structure of time-consciousness has a kind of "analogue in the dynamic structure of neural processes" (p. 356). Thompson does not suppose that this structural correspondence allows us to "reduce" the temporal structure of experience, phenomenologically considered, to patterns of synchronies in brain activity. And so he recognizes that a question remains about whether we have here only a kind of "structural isomorphism" instead of genuine explanatory relation. While Thompson holds out the promise that his approach will yield the latter (p. 358), he does not argue for this in detail.
As Thompson does not purport to have finally closed the sort of explanatory gaps he recognizes, but only to have pointed the way to making progress, it would perhaps not be fair to complain that he does not tell us more about just how we can appropriately enrich sensorimotor accounts of perception such as Noë's with an understanding of bodily self-awareness, or about how we should conceive of the correspondence between phenomenologically described structures and the dynamics of brain activity, in order to see this correspondence as (non-reductively) explanatory. And, though the grand effort to close the gap provides the overarching theme of Thompson's book, one might be doing it an injustice if one focused narrowly on how near it brings us to final closure, since this would risk slighting his detailed discussions of a number of topics interesting in their own right: life and autopoiesis/self-organization; evolution and development; emergent processes; the phenomenology of imagery, time consciousness, emotion, and empathy -- topics which (unfortunately, for reasons of space) can merely be mentioned here. However one assesses Thompson's degree of progress on gap-closure, engagement with these discussions could do much to enrich one's understanding. And he furthers the case that a searchingly phenomenological treatment of certain topics (though often neglected in cognitive science) is both possible and necessary.
Still, it seems that there are certain key issues here that need much more probing and detailed argument before the promise of Thompson's approach is to be fully evident. One wants to hear more about Thompson's crucial (Kant and Merleau-Ponty inspired) idea that a kind of normativity and significance emerges, once a system's self-maintaining behavior becomes flexible and adaptive enough to environmental changes. And more does need to be said about the nature of "pre-reflective bodily self-consciousness" to see why it should be added to the sensorimotor approach in order to give a gap closing account of sentience. For one thing, it remains unclear why my experience of my own body should be thought to include an experience of my own feelings "as mine" -- and what this latter inclusion means, and how it figures in subjectivity generally. Thompson indicates that it does not mean that my own feelings are for me "an object" somehow given to me under the aspect "mine." Rather this "experienced as mine" talk should be interpreted as imputing a "non-object-directed" form of intentionality. But this invites further questions about how we are to understand the contrast between the two forms of intentionality alleged -- what is the difference between (as he puts it on p. 23) being "directed to an object," and being merely "open to what is other"? And how is one to understand the application of this latter category to one's own experience? Though Thompson's appropriations of Husserl and Merleau-Ponty are often quite valuable in rendering important aspects of their views accessible (the interpretation of the latter's Structure of Behavior in Chapter 4 is particularly helpful), they will raise many issues, both interpretive and directly philosophical, that will take us beyond what he can provide within the limitations of this book.
However, these concerns should not cause us to lose sight of Thompson's achievement in unifying, shaping, and advancing an intriguing research program, exciting for its ambitious scope, for its creative synthesis of such a variety of sources, and for its inspiring determination to do justice to both phenomenological and naturalistic perspectives. Thompson's treatments of each of the many fascinating topics he discusses leave open many questions. But he is to be applauded for pulling so much difficult and diverse material into a coherent and accessible unity. His book should be read by all those interested in exploring new approaches in cognitive science, and in finding ways to integrate a personal level, reflective understanding of our experiential lives with perspectives in brain science, while refusing to disfigure the former in procrustean theories.


How awesome is this innovative installation concept by Abbey Road Catering?! From the minute Kris, owner of Abbey Road, shared her idea with us, we couldn't wait to see her magnetic french fry bar come to life! Abbey Road Catering is known for their incredible hospitality, creative catering concepts, and most importantly, their delicious dishes! We're always blown away by her ideas, and this was no exception! We love not only the concept of this installation, but also that it's customizable! You can season, salt and sauce the fries exactly how you want! This custom scene was captured by Hope Photography at the Hall at the Railhouse on a perfectly paired farm table from Kahoy Studios. As soon as we we wrapped this shoot we couldn't wait to get our hands on some of Kris's amazing fries! We hope this interactive installation inspires you as much us!


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Listen for the plaintive call of the loon, or the crackling campfires as you camp at Porter's Lake Provincial Park. Overlooking scenic Porter's Lake, here you can rediscover nature as you get away from it all.
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Ride the rails back to 1918, when the Canadian National Railway Station stood in this very spot in Musquodoboit Harbour. Learn the story of Nova Scotia's railway through photographs, tickets, posters and artifacts. For the serious railway buff, take a peek in the library or peruse the gift shop for souvenirs.
Martinique Beach Provincial Park
Lounge on the five-kilometre stretch of white sand beach that makes up Martinique Beach Provincial Park. As the longest sand beach in the province, this is a haven for sunbathers, surfers and kayakers alike. Stroll along the water beachcombing or take a walk along the boardwalk. Spot the piping plover, as well as other migratory waterfowl in this protected wildlife refuge.
Located in a converted fish plant on Jeddore Harbour, Black Sheep Gallery showcases the work of more than 40 Nova Scotia folk artists. Such luminaries as Maud Lewis, Barry Colpitts, and Arthur Villeneuve are represented.
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The best way to see this rugged coast is from the water, and located in the sheltered Tangier Harbour is Coastal Adventures. Their experienced guides love to show kayakers the islands the and white sand inlets of the Bay of Islands, a largely undisturbed coastal wilderness area. Tours and rentals are available for kayakers of all skill levels.
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Taylor Head Provincial Park's interconnecting, looped hiking trails are challenging with many roots, stones, and marshy spots to navigate. These trails provide access to scenic look-offs and 16 kilometres (10 miles) of unspoiled coastline. If you're up to the challenge, you will be rewarded with beautiful scenery along the trail. When you finish your hike, cool down with a swim at the beach.
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Be present in the past as you explore Nova Scotia's largest living history museum, where costumed interpreters bring history to life. Watch sparks fly as the blacksmith's hammer hits the anvil, see the weaver's hands at the loom, and hear the thump of the printer's press. Hitch a ride in the horse-drawn wagon to visit all the animals on site, like turkeys, peacocks, cows, and sheep.
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Located on the banks of the legendary salmon river and only a minute's walk away from the sawmill, St. Mary's Riverside Campground offers many amenities for the travelling family. Take a dip in the sparkling pool, enjoy lunch at the picnic tables, or relax while the children spend time in the play area. In the evening you can relax by an open fire and watch the beautiful sunsets across the river, and in the morning wake up to the call of the loon.
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Old Court House Musuem
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One of the most popular actors of his generation has announced his departure from the screen. Bruce Willis' daughter, Rumer Willis, shared the following statement on Instagram:
"To Bruce's amazing supporters, as a family we wanted to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities. As a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him. This is a really challenging time for our family and we are so appreciative of your continued love, compassion and support. We are moving through this as a strong family unit, and wanted to bring his fans in because we know how much he means to you, as you do to him. As Bruce always says, "Live it up" and together we plan to do just that. Love, Emma, Demi, Rumer, Scout, Tallulah, Mabel, & Evelyn"
Aphasia is a cognitive condition that affects the ability to speak, write and understand language. It can occur after strokes or head injuries, and can lead in some cases to dementia.
Emma Hemming, Bruce Willis, Tallulah Belle Willis, Demi Moore in 2008. The family put out a joint statement about Willis' health.
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We spoke to Michael Biel, a speech pathologist at UCLA Medical Center, to better understand aphasia.
Biel told us:
"People with aphasia will have difficulty doing anything that requires the use of language. So that's speaking, understanding the speech of others, reading, writing. It's easy for people with aphasia to be stigmatized as somehow less mentally competent than they are. But with few exceptions, they are intellectually intact, they're intellectually normal. Unfortunately, most of us judge others intelligence through their speech"
Willis overcame a stutterto become an A-list leading man. His early career in theater led to a starring role in the hit TV series Moonlighting, which began in 1985. As a sardonic private detective with blue-collar grit, Willis was perfectly positioned for his next major role as the wiseacre cop John McClane in the movie Die Hard. The film spawned a massive franchise and etched Willis into the mythology of American manhood with catchphrases that cannot be repeated in these pages.
Over the years, Willis has appeared in nearly 150 films and TV shows, including Pulp Fiction, 12 Monkeys, The Fifth Element and Moonrise Kingdom. His IMDB credits list eight productions released in 2021 alone, and 11 for 2022. Some of those films and shows are in pre-production; it is unclear whether Willis will ultimately appear in movies such as Fortress 3, where he's listed as a co-star with Chad Michael Murray or Paradise City with John Travolta.
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Donald Trump Jr. on Russia meeting: 'In retrospect, I probably would have done things a little differently'
Trump Jr. told Sean Hannity he would cooperate with all of the investigations because "I just want the truth to get out there."
Donald Trump Jr. on Russia meeting: 'In retrospect, I probably would have done things a little differently' Trump Jr. told Sean Hannity he would cooperate with all of the investigations because "I just want the truth to get out there." Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2ugam6B
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Donald Trump Jr. released emails that showed him setting up a meeting to get 'incriminating' information about Hillary Clinton during the campaign. His father said his transparency makes Don Jr. a "high quality person." USA TODAY
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Hours after Donald Trump Jr. stunned the political world with emails about his meeting with a Russian lawyer he believed had damaging information about Hillary Clinton, the president's son said Tuesday he should have handled things differently, but denied any ill intent.
"In retrospect, I probably would have done things a little differently," the president's son told Fox News host Sean Hannity. "Again this is before the Russia mania, this is before they were building this up in the press."
The younger Trump also said he did not tell his father about his meeting with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya because it turned out she didn't have information about Clinton and only wanted to talk about sanctions.
"It was just a nothing," Trump Jr. said. "There was nothing to tell."
Earlier in the day, Trump Jr. released email exchanges from June of 2016 with entertainment publicist Rob Goldstone, in which he appeared to welcome incriminating information about Clinton.
Donald Trump Jr. defended his meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer on Fox News Channel's Hannity. The younger Trump said he was looking for information on Hillary Clinton, and that no useful information was offered. (July 12) AP
The emails confirmed that the president's oldest son understood Goldstone's claims that the information would come from Russian government, and was excited to take the meeting with attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya. At one one point, Trump told Goldstone: "if it's what you say I love it."
In his interview with Hannity, the younger Trump said he saw the offer only as "opposition research."
Trump Jr. said he thought the attorney might be able to shed some light on things he had long heard about Clinton. He told Hannity, "Someone sent me an email! I can't help what someone sends me."
In a campaign where things were going "a million miles per hour," Trump Jr. said he did not think about the ramifications of possibly dealing with a foreign government about a domestic election. His antenna didn't go up because there wasn't yet an avalanche of media stories about Russian interference in the election, he said.
If the attorney had provided improper information to him, Trump Jr. said, "I would bring it to the proper authorities."
Members of congressional committees that are investigating possible links between the Trump campaign and Russians who hacked into the 2016 election say they want to talk to Trump Jr. about the Veselnitskaya meeting. The president's namesake may also be pulled into the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller.
President Trump, his eldest son, and their supporters have denounced the investigations as Democratic-inspired witch hunts and said they had no dealings with Russian hackers.
Trump Jr. told Hannity he would cooperate with all of the investigations because "I just want the truth to get out there."
In addition to Trump Jr., the meeting in question also included Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner and campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Veselnitskaya told NBC News that she never had compromising information about Clinton, but that seemed to be the only thing the Trump officials were interested in.
Trump Jr. acknowledged that he was "probably pressing" for the information since it was the pretext of the meeting, but it didn't turn out to be useful. "I mean, I wouldn't have even remembered it until you started scouring through this stuff," he told Hannity. "It was literally just a wasted 20 minutes, which was a shame."
President Trump hyped his son's appearance on Fox News with a tweet earlier in the evening: "My son, Donald, will be interviewed by @seanhannity tonight at 10:00 P.M. He is a great person who loves our country!"
Hannity, who has loudly supported the Trump administration, said Trump Jr. went on the program "to set the record straight." The Fox News host used the segment to criticize news coverage of the Trump emails, and said journalists should pursue news reports that Democratic supporters of Clinton worked with Ukraine officials last year to try and "sabotage" the Trump campaign, which originally ran in January.
For his part, Trump Jr. called the media coverage "overplayed," and that "I think politics is a dirty game."
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Trump Jr. discusses the expansion of Trump hotels on June 5, 2017, in New York. Kathy Willens, AP
President Trump greets Trump Jr., his wife, Vanessa, and the NRA's Chris Cox after speaking to the National Rifle Association Leadership Forum at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on April 28, 2017. Erik S. Lesser, European Pressphoto Agency
Trump Jr. holds his daughter Chloe and son Donald Trump III as they walk off Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on April 16, 2017. Jim Watson, AFP/Getty Images
Trump Jr. speaks to media during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn on April 13, 2017. Carolyn Kaster, AP
Trump Jr. and his brother Eric attend their father's announcement of Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 31, 2017. Michael Reynolds, European Pressphoto Agency
Trump Jr., his wife, Vanessa, and their daughter Kai attend the White House senior staff swearing-in on Jan. 22, 2017. Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty Images
Trump Jr. and his sister Ivanka arrive on Capitol Hill for their father's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017. Saul Loeb, AP
Trump Jr. is pictured at Trump Tower on Jan. 18, 2017. Albin Lohr-Jones, Pool/European Pressphoto Agency
Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump join their father at his news conference on Jan. 11, 2017, in New York. Seth Wenig, AP
Trump Jr. is pictured at Trump Tower in New York on Dec. 6, 2016. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, AFP/Getty Images
Trump Jr. arrives at Trump Tower for meetings with his father on Nov. 15, 2016. Timothy A. Clary, AFP/Getty Images
Trump Jr. places a hand on the shoulder of his father at a rally on the final night of the presidential campaign at the SNHU Arena in Manchester, N.H., on Nov. 8, 2016. Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty Images
Trump Jr. stands with his father after the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., on Sept. 26, 2016. Jewel Samad, AFP/Getty Images
Trump Jr. delivers a speech on behalf of his father as he campaigns at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., on July 26, 2016. Keith Warren, AP
Trump Jr. speaks on the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on July 20, 2016. Jim Watson, AFP/Getty Images
Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump celebrate on the convention floor during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 19, 2016. Carolyn Kaster, AP
Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump attend the official opening of the Trump Turnberry hotel and golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland, on June 24, 2016. Oli Scharff, AFP/Getty Images
Trump Jr. is introduced by his father at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum on April 27, 2016, in Indianapolis. John Sommers II, Getty Images
Trump Jr. holds his daughter while he speaks with reporters as he arrives at a polling station during the New York primary on April 19, 2016, in Manhattan. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, AFP/Getty Images
Trump Jr. looks on as his father speaks at a caucus night watch party at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino on Feb. 23, 2016, in Las Vegas. Ethan Miller, Getty Images
Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump attend the 9th Annual Eric Trump Foundation Golf Invitational Auction & Dinner at Trump National Golf Club Westchester on Sept. 21, 2015, in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Grant Lamos IV, Getty Images
Trump and his sons attend the "Celebrity Apprentice All Stars" Season 13 press conference at Jack Studios on Oct. 12, 2012, in New York City. Slaven Vlasic, Getty Images
Trump Jr. and his sister Ivanka pose inside the Chicago offices of their father near the site of his 92-story residential tower under construction along the Chicago River on May 10, 2006. Charles Rex Arbogast, AP
Trump Jr. and his sister Ivanka pose for a photo on the penthouse terrace of the Trump Park Avenue building in New York on April 11, 2006. Richard Drew, AP
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Why are the voice actors of Batman and Superman fighting? How did Jimmy Kimmel reedit Thor: The Dark World? Does Christopher Nolan show up in the Man of Steel extras? Who is reportedly the front-runner for the lead in the Batman vs. Superman movie? Want to learn more about The Defenders? How about see a new Iron Man 3 effects reel? Read about all this and more in today's Superhero Bits.
Parka Blogs (via Comic Book Movie) give us a tour of the Thor: The Dark World art book.
Superhero Hype reviewed the Man of Steel Blu-ray.
Trikter (via CBM) posted this excellent Iron Man 3 effects breakdown.
Gal Gadot is reportedly the front-runner for a role in Batman vs. Superman, via El Mayimbe.
Jimmy Kimmel Live recut Thor: The Dark World as a rom com.
IO9 claims to have figured out the problems with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Super nice Thor: The Dark World poster by Ben Whitesell, via Blurppy.
Christopher Nolan shows up in a few of the Man of Steel extras, via Cosmic Book Movie.


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Le Sainte-Elisabeth is tucked away in a back alley, but once you find it, you'll discover one of the most elegant and relaxing spots in Montreal. This European-style pub has tons of microbrews on tap alongside an extensive whiskey selection. The best part of this spot, however, may be its giant, vine-covered outdoor terrace. The terrace is shaded and has plenty of tables all arranged underneath trees. We recommend calling in for a reservation to grab a prime spot at this restaurant, which gets busy during the summer.


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Flipp Dinero taps A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie for new single "NO NO NO"
The song follows Flipp Dinero and Lil Baby's music video "How I Move" from earlier this year.
By Regina Cho
Flipp Dinero linked up with fellow NYC rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie for his newest release "NO NO NO," and the two made sure to film a visual to pair along with the track. The Christian Sutton video finds Flipp on the run, eventually facing off with his enemy A Boogie. On the track, A Boogie comes through with his signature flow:
"Livin' my life with no answers. Gotta watch out for the cameras. Used to be with all the scammers. Thirties on thirties, got ammo. You might never understand her. She want the Fendi, the sandals. She fell in love with the Woo, and I fell in love with them angles. She want the Birkin, Birkin. Yeah, Birkin bag, better stay faithful."
The song follows Flipp Dinero and Lil Baby's music video "How I Move" unveiled back in February. Flipp's last project was 2019's LOVE FOR GUALA, which included his smash hit "Leave Me Alone." On Valentine's Day this year, A Boogie unveiled his Artist 2.0 project, which saw features from names like Summer Walker, Khalid, Lil Uzi Vert, Young Thug, Roddy Ricch, and Gunna. He followed up later on during the summer with its deluxe version, which included nine brand new additions, bringing the total to a whopping 29-track long body of work. Most recently, A Boogie can be heard on DJ Envy's new single "Sittin In My Car" featuring Fabolous.
In a recent chat with ItsBizkit on REVOLT's Wow Dats Crzy, Flipp Dinero shared a bit about his mindset as of lately:
"Once you surround yourself with good people and people with good energy, you're going to do good yourself… I mean, that's how I look at it. It's just being mindful of who you surround yourself with. If I stay in my own lane, and keep being versatile, and creating my own sound, and depending on myself to make the sound I want to make, everything is going to turn out the way I want it to be. It's just being creative."
Watch Flipp Dinero and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie's new video for "NO NO NO" down below.
It's all about family in A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie's "It's Crazy" visual


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Q: How to perform calculations over non-existing variables in javascript? I am making a custom audio player with javascript. In this I need to knoe the amount of data buffered. For this I am using the following code:
$("#active-song")[0].addEventListener('loadedmetadata', function() {

    $("#active-song")[0].addEventListener('progress', function() {
        songs.duration = $("#active-song")[0].duration ;
        var buff786 =  $("#active-song")[0].buffered.end(0);
        var percent-buffered = (buff786/songs.duration) * 100;
        $(".song-progress .current-progress").css("width", percent-buffered + "%");
    });
});

The problem is that before anything could happen I get an error in the console. The error exists because when the javascript code is parsed by the browser the song hasn't yet been buffered. So the var buf786 remain undefined and I get the error: Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token. I tried many aliters such as:
var buff786 =  $("#active-song")[0].buffered.end(0);
if (buff786 == undefined) {
  buff786 = 1;
}
var percent-buffered = (buff786/songs.duration) * 100;

Still I get the error. So how do I bypass this error. Can I parse expressions like non-existing-random + 100 in javascript?

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Q: Add 2D array item to new array based on string variable Received is an input of arrays:
var fruits = [["fuji", "apple"], ["gala", "apple"], ["navel", "orange"], ["valencia", "orange"]]

I have blank arrays created:
var apple = []
var orange = []

I'd like to sort the fruits into their arrays by getting the string out of the second array item and push to the array.  Is there a way to take that string value in fruits[i][1] and relate it to the array of the same name (apple/orange)?
for (var i = 0; i < fruits.length; i++) {
  fruits[i][1].push(fruits[i])  // not a thing
  }

Desired output:
apple == [["fuji", "apple"], ["gala", "apple"]]
orange == [["navel", "orange"], ["valencia", "orange"]]

A: You can use Array.prototype.filter() :
var apple = fruits.filter((ele) => ele[1] === "apple");
var orange = fruits.filter((ele) => ele[1] === "orange");

A: Write the sort compare method using the second element in item.

var fruits = [
  ["fuji", "apple"],
  ["gala", "apple"],
  ["navel", "orange"],
  ["valencia", "orange"],
];

const sorted = (arr, key) => {
  return [...arr].sort(([, a], [, b]) => {
    return a === key ? -1 : 1;
  });
};

console.log(sorted(fruits, "apple"));
console.log(sorted(fruits, "orange"));


A surveyor was first used as an expert witness in 1782 in the case of Folkes & Chadd. The case looked at whether farmers should be responsible for the silting of Wells Harbour. Since that time, surveyors have worked as expert witnesses on many occasions and on a wide variety of subjects.
An expert witness is anyone who has specialist knowledge of a particular subject upon which he or she may give an opinion. This opinion is usually made available to the court and as chartered surveyors, Bakemans Limited are often called upon as RICS expert witnesses to help in disputes which may involve litigation.
When are RICS expert witnesses needed?
RICS expert witnesses are required in all sorts of cases. However, we can naturally only get involved within our field of expertise. For example, I have been asked to be an expert witness on matters such as valuations, boundary disputes, defective building works, party wall issues and so on.
What does an RICS expert witness surveyor do?
Usually, we will visit the property at the centre of the dispute and try to gather all available information. We then put together a report which complies with Practice Direction 35 as set out in the Civil Procedure Rules. Practice Direction 35 requires all expert witnesses to be disinterested, a court will often ask for a single joint expert and when this happens, the appointment comes from the court.
How much does an expert witness cost?
Using an expert witness is not cheap. This is mainly because we are often used in conjunction with a solicitor and, put simply, court cases are expensive.
What if the report doesn't support my case?
From time to time, I am asked to report on an issue and I do not agree that my client has a case. For this reason, we always recommend that we carry out a brief report at the beginning which will give our initial findings. This means that if we don't think the case has any legs, our client has a chance to pull out before things get more expensive.
Who is responsible for the surveyor's fees?
Initially, our client is responsible for our fees. However, a solicitor will usually try to recover the fees of all professionals concerned, should the case go to court. In the end, it is the judge who decides who is responsible for the fees.
What are the legal obligations of the expert witness once the report has been finalised?
We always owe our clients a duty of care. You have a right to expect us to act in a professional manner and you should not suffer harm because of incompetence or negligence. We have a very strong legal obligation towards our client and the courts when we act as an expert witness; this is something we do not take lightly.
As a rule, we prefer our instruction to come from a solicitor. This is because the solicitor is able to direct our report to the matter in hand and ensure that it stays pertinent.
We will always give a quotation and before we arrive on site, we prefer to have read all relevant documents. We can usually write our initial report at this stage. If needed, we can later write a report for use in court, from the information we have gathered.
We will also be available to attend court but usually matters are settled before it gets this far.
Often a source of neighbour dispute, we can help you with defining or identifying boundaries, interpreting plans in both conveyances and at the Land Registry, and act as an expert if your dispute needed to progress to a court. The causes of a dispute in this area often involve one or more of the following: hedges, party walls, boundary lines, planning permission, or a change in ownership.
We can advise on issues arising from boundary disputes, including how boundaries are defined and how they can be identified. We can also explain the role of plans in both conveyances and at the Land Registry and give detailed practical advice on measuring boundaries. We can also draft an expert's report and appear in court if required.
Over the years of the property ownership and various different occupants, the boundaries can often be moved, diverted, adjusted and even overgrown. While the legal boundary line will always be indicated on the Land Registry Title Plan, often these will be to a very high scale, usually 1 to 1,250.
We would first recommend approaching the counterpart to the boundary dispute directly. At this stage it is important to gain a clear understanding of their position on the location, maintenance or position of the boundary.
A valuer or surveyor who carries out professional work will almost invariably owe a duty of care and skill to the client, either as an express or implied term of the contract under which the work is to be done or, in the common situation where there is no such express term, as a term implied into that contract. If the work is not carried out to the required standards of reasonable care and skill, this will constitute a breach of contract. The client may also be entitled to claim under the tort of negligence. We will be able to advise on duty of care, breach of duty, defences, and mitigation and contribution in negligence cases, and provide advice on the extent of liability for negligence; damages for negligent surveys and the 'margin of error' approach to establishing negligence against valuers.


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My Spec Fic Reads for 2015 Part One
What where your favourite fantasy and science-fiction books and movies for 2015? Here are a few of mine.
Star Wars 7 The Force Awakens
With all the hype and the long wait since the release of the last trilogy, I wasn't sure what to expect with this one. My daughter and I saw it together on our trip to Melbourne in December after a day of looking at art galleries, graffiti lanes and traveling on the trams.
Star Wars 7, directed by J J Abrams, takes up the story twenty or more years after the end of Return of the Jedi. A new dark force, the First Order and dark user of the force, Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), are out to destroy the Republic. Hans Solo and the Resistance are searching for a map fragment which will reveal location of the last Jedi, Luke Skywalker.
The movie was fast-paced, with lots of explosions, crashes and fire-fights. Favourite characters Hans Solo, Chewbacca, Princess (now General) Leia, C3PO, A2D2 all make an appearance and new characters such as Finn (a reformed Storm Trooper) (John Boyega), Rey (an orphan left behind her family on desert planet of Jaku with an affinity to the force) (Daisy Ridley), the droid BB-8, Maz Kanata and Kylo Ren (the dark 'jedi') who works for the mysterious Supreme Leader of the First Order, Snoke. The plot echoes the past movies with a shocking (though not unpredictable) twist at the end.
We enjoyed the movie. For my son (who saw it with his father), it was 'the best one yet.' There was enough excitement, special effects, humour and emotion to keep us on the edge of our seats. I love the fact that Finn is a person of colour and that Rey is a woman though, for some, this seems to encourage making the emo and conflicted Kylo Ren as the a dark anti-hero despite his terrible nature of his deeds. There are some obvious plot holes and many things left unexplained (how did the First Order arise and gain such devastating power so quickly, who is Snoke, why was Rey abandoned by her family and what is her connection to Luke, why did Luke walk out on the Republic and Resistance (even if his efforts to train more Jedi had disastrously failed)? No doubt some of these things will be revealed in the next couple of movies.
However, the more I think of it, the more I wish that The Force Awakens had deviated more from a recycling of old plot themes and scenarios. I guess it remains to be seen if the next two movies are more adventurous and more ready to risk alienating die-hard fans.
Mocking Jay Part 2
This final film from the Hunger Games trilogy, in which the Rebellion makes a final assault on the Capitol of Panem. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) is the face of the resistance but, against orders, she teams up with her closest friends, including Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), Gale (Liam Hemsworth) and Finnick (Sam Claflin) to take out President Snow.
Again, I watched this movie with my daughter and thoroughly enjoyed it. It does verge on horror in a number of scenes, but the violence is not glorified. The movie stays faithful to the book and, in some ways, surpasses it. I can remember being very disappointed with the end of Mocking Jay (the book) for a couple of reasons, especially with regard to Prim – but also the death of a number of characters. I've had a number of years to think about why Suzanne Collins chose to end the book the way she did and I concluded that what happens to Prim was a necessary motivator for Katnis' final actions and her realization that tyranny and the misuse of power was not the sole prerogative of Snow. Even so, (as I discuss here) it would be refreshing to see more peaceful and diplomatic means as a way of resolving problems. And while this may seem unrealistic – it can be done without necessarily spoiling the climatic thrill – as, for instance, in How to Train Your Dragon. Not to quibble though, this was a fantastic movie.
Trigger Warning (2005) by Neil Gaiman is a collection of short stories of fantasy, sci-fiction and horror. Some are quite brief and others are longer. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book with it's effortless prose, great characterizations and storytelling. Gaiman has a quirky view of life in which danger and retribution lurks in unlikely corners. I've reviewed it more thoroughly here.
Anansi Boys
I enjoyed Trigger Warning so much, I went looking for another Gaiman book and came across Anansi Boys (2006). This book has an unlikely hero in Fat Charlie, and touch of romance, and great twist at the end and draws from Caribbean mythology. It was fun read and I really must read more Neil Gaiman. Again I reviewed it here.
As I loved Frances Hardinge's A Face Like Glass (2012), I was delighted to discover Fly by Night (2006). Like A Face Like Glass, this is also a Young Adult fantasy novel with a young teen protagonist combined with an intricate and fascinating, almost Baroque world and a complicated and inspired plot. Mosca Mye (named after the common house fly by her absent minded and erudite father) has to flee her village in the company of her goose, Saracen, and the dubious and smooth tongued Eponymous Clent. On arriving at Mandelion, they find themselves in the middle of intrigue, murder and an escalating feud between the Stationer's Guild and the Locksmiths. This is a book about freedom of thought. And while I found it's zealous Birdcatcher villains almost predictable in motivation (see a fuller review here), I still enjoyed the twists and turns, idiosyncratic characters and world building. Certainly, there is a need for tolerance and the freedom to discuss and contest different positions and values in a world where opposing points of view are often howled down or ridiculed in social media storm.
Femme (2014) by Delia Strange is the first book published in the Wanderer of Worlds series (and multiverse). Kaley has won a scholarship to the almost Utopian paradise of Femme, a matriarchal society in which men are slaves. Kaley is excited about pursing her future tech studies but finds it hard to adjust to the mores and expectations of this rich and beautiful world, especially when she is assigned a personal slave. The world-building in Femme is rich, multi-layered and delicious. There is an underlying romantic tension and social dissonance that gradually builds up a climax and a realistic (and satisfying) conclusion. By turning social stereotypes and traditional gender roles upside down, Femme makes one think. I reviewed it here.
That's the first 6 of my 12 picks for 2016. I'll continue with the next six in the next post.
I'd love you to tell me, have you watched or read any of these spec fic pieces? What did you think of them? What are your best reads and views for 2016.
Cross-post to Fantasy Trekkers.
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Fantastic creatures, heroic deeds, epic battles in the war between good and evil, and unforgettable adventures come together in this world where magic meets reality, which has been enchanting readers of all ages for over sixty years. The Chronicles of Narnia has transcended the fantasy genre to become a part of the canon of classic literature.
Clive Staples Lewis, known as "Jack" to his friends, was born in 1898. Lewis and his good friend J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, were part of The Inklings, a writer's club that met at the local pub to discuss story ideas. Lewis's fascination with fairy tales, myths, and ancient legends coupled with inspiration drawn from his childhood led him to write The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, one of the best-loved books of all time. Six further books followed to become the immensely popular The Chronicles of Narnia.


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